Occasionally, masked shrews kill and consume small animals such as salamanders and nestling birds. Small, soft seeds may form part of the winter diet. A masked shrew requires large quantities of food ...

Brood-parasitic birds, which lay eggs in other birds’ nests, also have improved spatial memories — just in the nesting season. Two species of cowbirds in which the females monitor the ...

It has the body of a mouse, the snout of an anteater, and the poor vision of a mole, and it’s creating tunnels and holes in your lawn. I’m talking, of course, about the shrew. This tiny mammal ...

A fatal virus has been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus was discovered by researchers at The University of Queensland.

It’s possible that, like birds, the tree shrews evolved to eat the peppers because they are nutritious if you can get past the Cap2, while the peppers rely on the tree shrews as a method of ...

Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured. CNN values your feedback 1.

Short-tailed shrews occupy many habitats, both open and wooded, damp and dry. Their home range is probably about a half-acre in area, with populations of 25 or more to an acre.

The shrew was a local specimen, ... rabbits, birds, lizards, snakes, and amphibians were often cooked whole, pounded in a wooden mortar or on a milling stone, ...

The Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew could drink the most annoying drunken fratboys under the table. A new study found that the tiny animal subsists on a diet roughly equivalent to 100 percent beer ...

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Unlocking the shrew’s secret to shrinking its own cognitive tissue in winter – only to regrow it in spring – may help doctors treat brain diseases in humans.